HIGH
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:46.0 / rv:45.1) (MFSA 2016-39)
Published Apr 30, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.69%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0695
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0695
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0695
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0695 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0695 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:45.1.0-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0695 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.69% 0.04692
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04692
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.69% (0.04692) | 91.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.69% (0.04692) | 90.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 78.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.27% (0.03266) | 86.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.25% (0.06255) | 84.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.27% (0.03266) | 86.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.42% (0.02417) | 90.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 30, 2024 | 2.42% (0.02417) | 89.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 2.36% (0.02363) | 88.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 2.18% (0.02181) | 87.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.90% (0.01901) | 86.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 90.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 89.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 11, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 77.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.20% (0.05203) | 75.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (32)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3601 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2806 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212328 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228882 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231919 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1238592 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242668 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242810 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1251922 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253099 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254122 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255949 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1256065 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1258231 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260439 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330270 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2806
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2806
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-39.html
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Apr 30, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 1, 2016
Link CVE-2016-2806
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a